Superstar Part 2

Just happend to check the news online and viewed this clip of the first day of school in our town...Jake made the video a few times! His teacher is Mrs. B. Jake is in blue striped shirt and has a green and black backpack.

Loves Shells

I am so glad Jake loves the beach. His first beach experience was not good and I never thought he would want to go back.

Mister to you!

*At the MOS

Jakob is getting so big! It is hard to believe he will be 6 years old and going into the First Grade in a few months. I am so impressed with his teacher this year and all they have accomplished- he is reading at a first grade level, writing, graphing, and learning about money.

He still does an excellent job at being a pill =)!!

Out of the mouth of Jake:

In line at Dairy Queen: "Dad, I want a triple diple scoop of ice cream with rainbow sprinkles".

The weather had been warm so I had asked Jake if the class had gone out to play and he said "No, we have been too busy...I think you need to have a chat with Mrs. B!".

Attempting to get cold water from the "child-proof" water cooler "What, is this thing ADULT-PROOF?!".

Out of the blue one morning he says "I have hair on my butt!".

Yesterday he decides he is going to wear his Christmas socks with his Gap shoes...

Note the right sock is on upside down (heel is showing on top):

He Reads!

Of the Kindergarten words (and extra words) the kids need to know, Jake can recognize all but 4 ("it"..he says TIT ?.."said", "have", "going") with no trouble. I was pretty surprised when I made flash cards for the words and he starts reading them off!

I figured it would be a matter of time before he would be reading Level 1 books. On Friday, he read 2 books to my Mom. Hopefully he will sharein my love of reading!

Jakob's Pledge

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Handsome Fella

He was so excited that I spiked his hair this morning...now he looks like

Eric from class (but Eric's spikes are bigger!).

Pieces of January

Finger painting!

Building a tent on the couch

Playing ball with Kaleb

The Many Faces of Jakob

My Snowflake

Jakob and Daddy went to play in the snow before dinner- they tried to build a snowman, but it was a little difficult as it had rained a bit. The pictures didn't come out that great because it was dark. After they enjoyed hot chocolate with marshmallows!

My Love Bug

At 5 years old, Jakob is already asking if his friend Kaelyn can come live with us in VT. This conversation went on for 15 minutes and he was so adamant that this was going to happen. I kept trying to change the subject. Here is how some of the conversation went:

"Mom, can we drive her there and can she stay with us?"
" When I turn 21, I am going to get married to her."
"Mom, Kaelyn wants 2 kids!"
"We will live in VT and be a team!"

What do you want to be when you grow up?

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